Rotary shovel for loading cars.



No. 870,174. v PATENTEDNOV. 5, 1907.

J. H. HUHN & c. F. 1GB.

ROTARY SHOVEL POR LOADING GARS.

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.TOHN H. HUHN AND .CHARLES F. ICE, OF FAIRMONT, W'EST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNORS TO FAIRMONT BOX CAR LOADER COMPANY, OF FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORA- TION OF IVEST VIRGINIA.

ROTARY SHOVEL FOR LOADING CARS.

Speciiication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed December 16. 1904. Serial No. 237,098- Renewed June 30, lSQG- Serial No. 324,206.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN H. IIUHN and CHARLES F. ICE, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Fairmont, in the county of M'arion and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Shovels for Loading Cars, of which the' following is a specification.l

My invention relates to an improvement in rotary shovels for the purpose of loading coal, grain, sand and other products into freight cars, vessels and grai'iaries.

By the employment of my device it is not necessary when loading for a person to be in the inclosure distributing the produce; as that is accomplished from the outside of same a feature I will describe in detail in the body of my specification.

lith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the detailsof construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reierencewill be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification7 wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which:-

Figure 1. is a cross-section of a coal ti pple showing my improved device as applied when in use for loading freight cars. Fig. 2. is a longitudinal view showing my device delivering in freight car. Fig. 3. is a top plan view of my rotary shovel. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal section view. Fig. 5. is a cross-section ltaken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

I have illustrated in Figs. l. and 2 one method o applying my impro-ved rotary shovel in conjunction with a coal tipple 6, but the saine may be used for various purposes. Y

Arranged at any suitable place in the shed we employ operating means and as illustrated in the drawings .use a motor 7, with belt connection 8, to pulleys 9,

keyed on rotary shaft l0.

l show the device fixed in bearing 11,'mounted on cross piece 12, supported by uprights 13, and the free end is held horizontal by a counter balance Weight 14, supported from a. roller bearing' 15, xed to the floor of the tipple the other ond of cable 16, is fastened to a rotary collar 17, providedwith a key 18, that fits into groove 19, of casing 20.

Screwed on the shaft 10, and locked by jam nut 1.0, is a disk 25, and formed thereon are serios of tapered lugs 26, these in the course of rotating carry the product from the chute 27, around and over circular defiector 28, to the opening 22. The deflector isastened to the plate 29, by counter sunk screws 30, and always assumes the same' relative position to the opening 22, as shown in full and dotted lines of Fig, 5, and its function is only.A

' can be used is self evident.

to serve as a defiector for the product after -the tapered lugs or conveyors have carriedv it the desired distance. To take up the Wear in usage and also to strengthen the lugs there is inserted a ring 31, between the ends of the lugs and the deilector which is secured thereto by counter sunk screw 32.

The chute is riveted to a'rotary ring 33, as at 33, and

' held thereon by a ring 34, which is secured to the plate 29, by screws 35, this will permit of a rotary movement ol the ring 33, to which the chute is secured and it will always remain in the same position as that shown in the drawings no matter in what direction the opening 22, is directed.-

Keyed on the end of casing 20, is a pulley 21, which serves as a roller bearing and rests in bearing block 11, this is to allow the operator to direct the opening in the delivery head 23, in any direction desired as shown by the use of lever 27, clamped to the casing 20.

The various conditions under which my rotary shovel In this case I have shown the motor provided with two pulleys this is for the purpose of rigging my device so-as to load on both sidings.

Having fully described the invention what I claim as vnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. In combination, a head having an opening, a disk Within the head, a rotaryshaft leading Within` the head and having'the disk secured thereto, delivery lugs on the disk and a deector Within the head.Y Y

2. In combination, a head, having an opening a. disk within the head, a rotary shaft leading within the head und having the disk secured thereto, delivery lugs on the disk and a deiiector within the head in line with the opening and being so positioned that the delivery lugs pass around the outer surface thereof.

3. In combination, a head having an opening, a disk Within the head, a rotary shaft leading within the head and having the disk secured thereto, delivery lugs on the disk and deiector` within the head and a chute carried by the head and emptying therein.

4. In combination, a head having an opening, a. disk within the head, a rotary shaft leading Within the head and having the disk secured thereto, delivery lugs, on the disk, a deiiector within the head and a chute loosely carried by the head and emptying therein.

5. In combination, a head having an opening, a rotatable shaft leading within the head and loosely supporting the head, a'dsk within the head and secured to the shaft,

delivery lugs carried by the disk. and a deiiector within the head.

6. In combination a head having an opening, a suitable shaft leading within the head and loosely supporting the head, a disk within the head and secured to the shaft, delivery lugs carried by the disk and a deector within the head and means for turning thehead on the rotatable shaft.

7. In combination, a head having an opening, a disk within the head',V means for rotating the disk, delivery lugs carried by the disk and-a dee'ctor within the head.

8. In combinacion, a head having an opening, a disk within the head, means for rotating the disk, delivery lugs on the disk, a can for the head, and a deiiector carried by the cap extending within the head.

9. In a box car loader, the combination of a rotatable casing having an axially arranged material-receiving opening and .-x peripherall)Y arranged material-discharge opening, a rotary shovel within said casing, means tor rotatingr material through lthe said axially arranged receiving opening, a rotary shovel within said casing, means for rotating snili shovel, and means for rotating snd casing to position its discharge opening as desired.

10. in n box car loader, the combination of a rotatable casing having a material-receiving opening and a periph eral materiabdischarge opening, a rotary distribnter within said casing. a chute swiveled to said casing and adapted to direct material through said material-receiving opening irrespective of the position of adjustment of said discharge opening, means for rotating said distributer, and means for rotating said casing to position its discharge opening as desired.

11. In a box car loader, the combination of a rotatable casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a chute swiveied to said casing and arranged to direct materia] through said material-receiving opening, and a rotary distrihuter within said casing.

12. In a box car loader, the combination of a casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a deiiector arranged within said casing, and a rotary distributer arranged therein.

13. lu a box car loader, the combination of a. casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a deA iiector arranged within said casing, and a rotary distributer arranged therein and having distributing blades adapted to travel around said defiector.

14. In a box car. loader, the combination of a casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a concave-convex detlector arranged within said casing, and a rotary distribnter arranged therein and having distributing blades adapted to travel around said-deflectcr.

In testimony whereof I affix ply signature in the presence of two Witnesses this 15" day of Dec., 1904.

JOHN H. HUHN. CHARLES F. ICE.

'tnesses JOHN NOLAND, J. I. APPLEMAN.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 870,174, granted November 5, 1907, u'pon the application of John H. Huhn and Charles F. Ice, of Fairmont, West Virginia.,

for an improvement in Rotary Shovels for Loading Cars, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 8, page 2, the words a rotary shovel within said casing, means for rotating should be stricken out, and

the words a chute swiveled to the casing and arranged to direct inserted instead; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same conform to the recordV of the case in the Patent Oice. v

may

Signed and sealed this 17th day of March, A. D., 1908.

[slaan] o. C. BILLINGS, i Acting Commissioner of Patents.

8. In combinacion, a head having an opening, a disk within the head, means for rotating the disk, delivery lugs on the disk, a can for the head, and a deiiector carried by the cap extending within the head.

9. In a box car loader, the combination of a rotatable casing having an axially arranged material-receiving opening and .-x peripherall)Y arranged material-discharge opening, a rotary shovel within said casing, means tor rotatingr material through lthe said axially arranged receiving opening, a rotary shovel within said casing, means for rotating snili shovel, and means for rotating snd casing to position its discharge opening as desired.

10. in n box car loader, the combination of a rotatable casing having a material-receiving opening and a periph eral materiabdischarge opening, a rotary distribnter within said casing. a chute swiveled to said casing and adapted to direct material through said material-receiving opening irrespective of the position of adjustment of said discharge opening, means for rotating said distributer, and means for rotating said casing to position its discharge opening as desired.

11. In a box car loader, the combination of a rotatable casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a chute swiveied to said casing and arranged to direct materia] through said material-receiving opening, and a rotary distrihuter within said casing.

12. In a box car loader, the combination of a casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a deiiector arranged within said casing, and a rotary distributer arranged therein.

13. lu a box car loader, the combination of a. casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a deA iiector arranged within said casing, and a rotary distributer arranged therein and having distributing blades adapted to travel around said defiector.

14. In a box car. loader, the combination of a casing having material-receiving and discharge openings, a concave-convex detlector arranged within said casing, and a rotary distribnter arranged therein and having distributing blades adapted to travel around said-deflectcr.

In testimony whereof I affix ply signature in the presence of two Witnesses this 15" day of Dec., 1904.

JOHN H. HUHN. CHARLES F. ICE.

'tnesses JOHN NOLAND, J. I. APPLEMAN.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 870,174, granted November 5, 1907, u'pon the application of John H. Huhn and Charles F. Ice, of Fairmont, West Virginia.,

for an improvement in Rotary Shovels for Loading Cars, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 8, page 2, the words a rotary shovel within said casing, means for rotating should be stricken out, and

the words a chute swiveled to the casing and arranged to direct inserted instead; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same conform to the recordV of the case in the Patent Oice. v

may

Signed and sealed this 17th day of March, A. D., 1908.

[slaan] o. C. BILLINGS, i Acting Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N o. 870,174, granted November 5, 1907, upon the applieation of John H. Huhn and Charles F. Ice, of Fairmont, West Virginia,

for an improvement in Rotary Shovels for Loading Cars, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 8, page 2, the words a rotary shovel Within said easing. means for rotating should be stricken out, and

the Words u, chute swiveled to he casing and arranged to direct inserted instead; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oice.

Signed and sealed this 17th day of March, A. D., 1908.

[SEAL] C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

